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About Bailey Bridge

Bailey bridge is used when there is a need to cross an obstacle for a certain time period. This is often in case of military operations, during or after natural disasters replacement or renovation of consistent bridges or in unusually areas like the movie industry.

The function also differs on differs on different users of the bridge which could be pedestrians, common vehicles (car, bus, truck), heavy military equipment (tank) or the railway.

Plate girders

The use of plate girders gives scope to vary the girder sections to suit the loads carried at different positions along the bridge. The designer is free to choose the thickness of web and size of flange to suit the internal forces at different positions along the length of the span, though it must be remembered that too many changes may not lead to economy, because of the additional fabrication work. Splices are expensive, whether bolted or welded.

Most often, the girders have parallel flanges, that is, they have a constant depth. However, with plate girders, the designer can also choose to vary the depth of the girder along its length. For longer spans it is quite common to increase the girder depth over intermediate supports. For spans below about 50m, the choice (constant or varying depth) is often governed by aesthetics. Above 50m, varied depth may offer economy because of the weight savings possible in midspan regions. The variation in depth can be achieved either by straight haunching (tapered girders) or by curving the bottom flange. The shaped web, either for a variable depth or constant depth girder with a vertical camber, is easily achieved by profile cutting during fabrication. Generally, webs have a high depth/thickness ratio and this leads to the need for intermediate transverse web stiffeners in regions of high shear (near supports).

Very occasionally, for reasons of appearance, the outermost girders are designed as a J-section; the bottom flange projects only on the inner side of the web. Requests for this detail arise from a dislike of the flange outstand, although there is little visible difference and the distinction is not noticed by most people. Use of such a section introduces torsional effects (because the shear centre is outside the line of the web) that require very careful consideration during design and construction, with significant penalty on costs an increased hazards during construction.

Also, on occasion, relatively small box girders are used in multi-girder construction. Box girders require special design consideration, because of their high torsional stiffness and high cost of fabrication. Advice on construction costs may be obtained from steelwork contractors.

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Concrete Technology

Concrete structures such as bridges can be exposed to a broad range of forces and strains, starting internally with mechanical stresses resulting from the construction type and extending to various external attacks. Enormous stressors on the concrete include such factors as extreme hot or cold temperature conditions and fluctuations, aggressive water or chemicals, continually rolling, abrading or pulsating strains on surfaces, or even in extreme cases the impact of fire. Therefore, a highly durable concrete is necessary for the construction or repair of a bridge.